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Vermont's Best-Kept Secrets

On their way to the Olympics, world-class athletes come to Craftsbury for training. Also in Craftsbury, tiny Sterling College graduates future farmers.

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Updated: 10:50 AM EDT Oct 29, 2015

Vermont's Best-Kept Secrets

On their way to the Olympics, world-class athletes come to Craftsbury for training. Also in Craftsbury, tiny Sterling College graduates future farmers.

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WEBVTT FALL FOLIAGE, MAPLE SYRUP, A SELF-PROCLAIMED SENATOR. AND LEARNING HOW TO TRAVEL TO THE LITTLE TOWN OF CRAFT BURY. MILES OF ROLLING HILLS ARE THE QUINTESSENCE OF ROLAND, VERMONT. SCHOOLCHILDREN, A VINTAGE POSTCARD SETTING. NOT FAR FROM HERE, THE BEST-KEPT SECRET. IT'S NOT A PLACE FOR YOU WILL FIND A LOT OF CHEST BUMPING. IT IS A GREAT PLACE TO BE A SCHOLAR. THEY HAD THREE KILOMETERS LONG. TRAINING FOR THE OPEN DOUBLE AT THE NONPROFIT CRAFT BURY OUTDOOR CENTER. HE'S PART OF THE GREEN RACING PROJECT. IT IS A VERY NICHE SPORT. WHEN THE OLYMPICS ROLL AROUND, EVERY FOUR YEARS, PEOPLE WILL SEE IT ON A BIGGER SCALE. THE OLYMPICS ARE DEFINITELY A GOAL. TROY'S MANAGING DIRECTOR OF THE PROGRAM. WE ANTICIPATE THEY WILL GET FASTER. THERE'S NO REASON THAT COULD NOT HAPPEN. THEY ALSO RUN RUNNING, GROWING, AND SKIING CHAMPIONS. THEY ARE TRAINING HERE AS WELL AS WORLD-CLASS ATHLETES AND YOU CAN BE HERE FOR WEEKS AND NOT KNOW WHO THE OLYMPIANS ARE UNLESS YOU ARE ASKING. THEY COMPETED IN A 76, 80, 84 OLYMPICS. WE THINK BACK TO THE CHALLENGES. WHAT IS ALSO FUN IS WATCHING THEM TRAIN IN THE OFF-SEASON. ALL THE SAME MOVEMENTS AND USES THE SAME MUSCLES. YOU HAVE TO HAVE PAVEMENT. FROM A FAMILY OF NORDIC SKIERS AND PRACTICALLY GREW UP AT THE OUTDOOR CENTER. KIND OF REFRESHING TO BE BREATHING IN THE COLD AIR AND MOVING FAST. EVER SINCE I WAS A LITTLE KID, I WANTED TO GO TO THE OLYMPICS AND THAT MOMENT HAS ARRIVED. IT IS HOME TO ONE OF THE SMALLEST LIBERAL ARTS COLLEGES IN THE COUNTRY. THIS IS ESSENTIALLY CENTRAL CAMPUS. IT THE FIELD. -- THE REST IS IN THE FIELD. THIS IS VERMONT COUNTRY. THE LABORATORY, THE FARMS. IT IS ESSENTIAL FOR US TO HAVE THIS PLACE. 430 ACRES AND 118 STUDENTS. WE OFFER FOUR DIFFERENT MAJORS AND OUR MAJORS ARE IN ECOLOGY, ENVIRONMENTAL HUMANITIES, OUTDOOR EDUCATION, AND SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE. I TEACH A SERIES OF EIGHT COURSES. I HOPE ON PLANNING. THE EVEN RAISED FARM ANIMALS. ENROLLMENT IS UP MORE THAN 20% OF LAST YEAR. THE BROCKLEY WOULD'VE BEEN STARTED IN THE SPRING. BEING HARVESTED NOW. WHAT IS GROWN IS FAR MORE THAN THIS. THE STUDENTS HAVE TO BUILD RELATIONSHIPS AND FIND WAYS TO BE WORKING TOGETHER TO BE ACTING AS COMMUNITY. BACK TO THE ATHLETES THAT THEY HIGHLIGHTED. THEY COMPETED IN THE MEN'S DOUBLES IN THIS YEAR'S WORLD CUP AND BECAME 10TH AND 16TH RESPECTIVELY. OTHERS COMPETED ON THE WORLD CUP CIRCUIT. THIS IS WHAT THEY ARE TURNING OUT. SO MANY GREAT ATHLETES, IT'S INCREDIBLE. WE ARE CALLING IT A LOOK-ALIKE LAKE.

Vermont's Best-Kept Secrets

On their way to the Olympics, world-class athletes come to Craftsbury for training. Also in Craftsbury, tiny Sterling College graduates future farmers.